Boston Hospital Staffers Oppose Melania Trump's Visit

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Boston Globe


By Andy Rosen Globe Staff,November 5, 2019, 6:31 p.m.

Some 250 people who work at Boston Medical Center are protesting a scheduled visit Wednesday by first lady Melania Trump to a hospital program that helps babies who were exposed to drugs in the womb, according to opponents of Trump’s appearance.

Organizers of the protest say they are concerned that a photo opportunity highlighting BMC’s work with a vulnerable population could send the wrong message to patients — especially immigrants who are worried about the Trump administration’s enforcement policies.

“If they thought that my affiliation was with somebody who promotes such division and promotes the hatred of immigrants, I’m sure that they’re not going to be asking to come to see me to take care of them,” said Cecilia T. Girard, a nurse midwife who is an immigrant from Ecuador.

Word of Trump’s visit has sparked days of intense discussion at BMC, turning an otherwise nonpartisan event into a controversy that highlights the deep divisions that have proliferated here and across the country since Donald Trump became president.

Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2019/11/05/bmc-employees-protest-melania-trump-visit-wednesday/NUUAEXppssDUOpPM8gcEgK/story.html

[dewsgirl]

1. Good. I hope to see more of this.

[NBachers]

2. Maybe she can get a kidney checkup while she's there.

[erronis]

14. Yeah, there's a condition called "drooping kidneys". Makes it hard to fit into tight clothes.

and those bulges can press up against the rump.

[olddad65]

3. Oh, give that bimbo a break. She isn't really his wife. She is just his handler.

[eilen]

5. I thought she was basically the housecat. Beautiful and unnecessary. nt

[TNNurse]

15. No one who is that harsh and hateful looking is beautiful.

[moriah]

30. Yeah, I think only actual felines can pull off the "Imma gonna gut you" look

... and people all go "awwww, how cute".

Humans don't have those mad skillz.

[LuckyLib]

4. The real issue is that these show appearances are set up without

consulting employees, who are expected to be background props. Add on the immigration issue, and those health care workers have reason to be concerned about their patients.

[Fritz Walter]

10. What if these background prop employees all showed up with whistles?

Not just here, but anywhere that Melanoma or her husband shows up for photo opps like this. It would be very cool if crowds at sports events blew whistles when Cantaloupe Caligula shows up or is introduced to the crowd: whistles are much louder and more shrill than booing or yelling "lock him up." Sure, security screeners might confiscate them at entry points because they'd disrupt a game. But what about non-athletic events?

May be too late for today's event, but there will be others...

Hey, admins: any chance of getting a whistle-blowing smiley?

[FarPoint]

6. After the Dayton mass shooting....

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trump came to the Miami Valley/Premier Hospital...3 blocks away from the Oregon District where the shooting occurred... Trump never visited the memorial scene nor did he address the community...He did a photo op at the hospital with staff and possible shooting victim/patient....Boston Medical Center is demonstrating leadershiop....blocking opportunist Trump.

John Legend, Dave Chappelle and Stevie Wonder... they gave a free Concert to address the grief in the Dayton Community....

[Judi Lynn]

9. Didn't know those tremendous performers did that! Thanks for the info. n/t

[FarPoint]

12. It was soooo healing.....

John also did a private small room night for the discharged victims and family at the club across the street.....an intimate moment!

[FarPoint]

13. Alos there were other compassionate stars at this event for the Dayton Shooting victims....

Trump only did a Photo Op!
These stars felt our pain...

[Lady_Chat]

7. Wonder if she will be wearing her "I don't care, do you?" jacket this time

[dalton99a]

17. Probably not, but something nice

[redstatebluegirl]

28. She looks like Big Bird.

[Cha]

8. Yeah, **** that Gaslighting pos..

she doesn't really care.

[riversedge]

19. Melania already told us that when she wore that green Jacket to the Border!

[NCjack]

25. She is evolving. Her new attitude is "How may I appear to help you?" nt

[riversedge]

26. oh puck!

[Scarsdale]

11. Mrs. tRump does not spend time

with her own child, why would she care about others? She went to a FREE baseball game with her "change purse" husband, and a group of gop clowns. Why not take her son along?

[lark]

16. I think a "sick out" is in order.

Man that's a nasty strain of 24 hour virus that will hit the day Melania is due there. Or - there could be lots of broken down cars that miraculously get fixed right as she's leaving! Start complaining the day before, either way.

[riversedge]

18. Only the sick patients would suffer if that happened.

[lark]

20. Hospitals use nursing pools all the time.

It's regular part of their business. People who have car issues can only miss the part of the day when the lying plagiarizing mean porno slut is there.

[yaesu]

21. and this is an old fascist ploy which started with Nixon and the so called war on drugs which was

really just an excuse to lock millions of US citizens up, citizens that don't vote for them nor own million dollar homes. All the fascist dictators do it.

[keithbvadu2]

22. Photo op is in the Trumps' nature

Trump/Melania using a baby orphaned by one of Trump's followers for a political photo-op.

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[left-of-center2012]

23. 'Melanie ' Trump is coming to Boston as part of her "Be Best" initiative

“Be Best” worked so well on doofus POTUS.

[B Stieg]

24. Good. tRump and his "appendages" are becoming TOXIC...

as they should.

[gopiscrap]

27. is it a private hospital

if so, they don't have to let her in

[BlueIdaho]

29. I hear she has a new "Let them eat cake" outfit... nt.

[smirkymonkey]

31. What is that useless twit doing in my city?

And whose idiotic idea was this in the first place? Nobody wants her here!

[steventh]

32. We really do care, do you?

Protest is on

https://www.universalhub.com/2019/boston-medical-center-professionals-protest-be

?itok=WcNvxgiu

[central scrutinizer]

33. Nice! And so appropriate!

Of course, the First Nude May be too dense to get the sarcasm.